Improved jjrinking-cup



naar sata new and improved DrinkingfGup;

. partitions, forming separate compartments,

BERNHARD ADLER, orv NEW YORK, yn. AssIeNoR i To RIMsELE AND W. N."DRESOHER, 0F .SAME PLACE.

Letters .Paten-tNo. 97,583, dated December 7, 1869.

`IMPRovED DRINKING-CUP.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERNHARD ADLER, of vthecity, county,

and State of New York, have invented a and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to inake and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecication, in whichv Figure l represents a side view, partly insection, of my improved drinking-cup.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to the construction cf a cup, divided interim-ly byone or more vertical imperforate so arranged as that the contents ofthese compartments may be poured out simultaneously iom the cup at onecommon point, but shall otherwise be kept wholl y separate therein. n

The object of my invention is'to provide a cup for taking etl'ervescingdraughts, by the use of which the escape of carbonio-acid gas, incidentto the ordinary mode oftaking such draughts, is avoided, and theeffervescence produced by the usual admixture and combination of propersolutions be made to' take place in the mouth and throat, instead of inthecup, thereby insuring the salutary eHectof the liberated gas upon thesystem to its fullest extent; and whereby, also, any given proportion ofsuch mixtures may be readily taken or administered at certain intervalsas prescribed, without affecting or impairing the active qualities ofthe remainder thereof, and without the trouble of preparing thesolutions separately for each occasion.

` A, `in the accompanying drawings, represents a drinking-cup, made ofglass, metal, rubber, or, in fact, of anyvsuitable material, and of' anysize, shape, or form which may be found desirable. This cup` is dividedinteriorly into two distinct andA wholly separate compartments, by meansof an imperforate partition, a, extending from the bottom thereof tothetop, or nearly so. This partition a may be dat and uniform in surface,and `be so placed as to divide the cup into compartments ot' eq'ualdimensions, as illustrated, or it may be curved, or so disposed in thecup as todi- .vide it vertically into compartments of unequalcapacities.

For use in administering certain medicines composed of three or moresolutions, the cup is divided interiorly into three'or morecompartments, by vertical partitions, as described, said partitionsbeing, however, in such case, made to radiate from a common point in theperiphery, or at the side of the cup, or, if otherwise disposed,combined with separate channels lead- .ing to one common point, toinsure the simultaneous discharge of the contents of all thecompaltnents by a reversal or tipping over of the cup inthe direction ofsaid point.

To use the cup, an acid-solution, either simple or else ilavored,sweetened, medicated, or otherwise prepared, as required, is made orplaced in one of the. compartments, and an alkaline solution, likewisesimple or compound, is made or placed in the other. The cup is thenready for use as desired. .Each solution remains neutral, unaltered, andin full vigor until required; but by placing the mouth to the commonpoint of outflow from the several compartments, and tipping the cuptoward it, the several solutions will pass simultaneously into themouth, and eii'ervescing therein as they mingle, will enable the persondrinking to obtain the full benefit of the gas thereby liberated,without loss thereof, while, at thel same time, by removing the cup atany moment from his lips, he may regulate the quantity to be taken,or'intermit his draught, without impairing the strength and value of theremainder of the solution.

I claim, as my inventioni A cup, for medicinal or eifervescingdraughts,I divided interiorly by partitions, vertically disposed intocompartments, having a common point of'discharge, substantially asherein ser forth.

' BERNHARD ADLER.

lVitnesses WM. F. M cN AMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

